Overview
Provides a unique perspective on the self in psychological literature
Draws from a range of historical, interdisciplinary perspectives to help define the self
Fills a gap between psychological science and practical implementation of psychotherapy interventions
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book aims to provide a unique perspective and definition of the self in psychological literature, filling the gap between psychological science and practical implementation of interventions presented to psychotherapy clients. Combining insights from a broad range of interdisciplinary literature and multiple perspectives on the self and identity, the author seeks to determine whether an independent reality exists behind the term ‘self’ and what the nature of that reality might be.
Among the topics discussed:
- Varieties of narrative self within a psychological frame
- First-personal experience and identity
- Ethics, responsibility, and the other
- Semiotics and subjectivity
Constituting Selves: Psychology's Pragmatic Horizon will be of interest to clinicians and psychologists seeking to challenge preexisting conceptualizations and definitions of the self in current psychological literature.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
In 2013, an investigation of what came to be called the self-aporetic became a serious pursuit with a series of separate inquiries that became the book project in which the suggested name Constituting Selves: Psychology’s Pragmatic Horizon evolved. During this time shorter book reviews, journal articles, and as well reviewing some paper submissions to the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology was helpful in keeping a focus on the undertaken self project. A pursuit of the wide variety of literature addressing the self-aporetic led to many surprises; one of the most significant was the intricate connection with pragmatic philosophical perspective beginning with William James and George Herbert Mead and leading to Charles Sanders Peirce. An other surprising realization during this series of inquiries was that intersubjectivity has not been significantly addressed in the psychological literature with noteworthy exceptions, especially Mead. The reasons for this circumstance include a preoccupation with natural science, but perhaps more importantly a liberal framework of European culture and its pursuit of democratic social infrastructures that privileges the individual. I continue to do clinical work with the utilization of hypnosis in therapy and medical problems at the Duluth Psychological Clinic. My time is primarily with the inquiries described and with writing. Philosophically and as well practically the professional trajectory has been reasonably varied.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Constituting Selves
Book Subtitle: Psychology's Pragmatic Horizon
Authors: Richard E. Duus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39017-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39016-7Published: 08 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39019-8Published: 08 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-39017-4Published: 07 April 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 246
Topics: Self and Identity, Psychotherapy and Counseling, General Psychology